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James Hutton

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Noun1.James Hutton - Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797)
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The angular unconformity at Jedburgh, UK, first described by James Hutton, is then used to introduce concepts of time within the sedimentary record.
The Sedimentary Record of Sea-Level Change by Long, Darrel G.F. / Geoscience Canada
The geological theme, informing the centre's exhibition and the building's design, celebrates the memory of James Hutton, an eighteenth-century pioneer of modern geology who lived and worked on the same spot.
UNDER ARTHUR'S SEAT by MCGUIRE, PENNY / The Architectural Review
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